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Data Protection Impact Assessment
Last updated on Friday, March 31, 2023
A Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) helps the Trust to identify, assess and mitigate any potential privacy risks that may arise when processing personal data. DPIAs are now a mandatory requirement for any changes to current data processing practices, the launch of a new project or the adop...
read moreRequesting Personal Data
Last updated on Tuesday, April 15, 2025
You have a right to apply for access to information held about you, this is known as a Subject Access Request (SAR). The Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK General Data Protection Regulation grants a right for living individuals to access their own records. The right can also be exercised by an...
read moreFAQs: Health Care Communications
Last updated on Friday, April 20, 2018
1. Who are HealthCare Communications?Healthcare Communications (HCC) are the external company approved by Wirral University Teaching Hospital to provide a reminder service to patients regarding their planned outpatient appointments to reduce the number of appointments being missed. 2. What is th...
read moreHow We Use Your Information
Last updated on Thursday, May 1, 2025
Privacy Notice We aim to provide you with the highest quality care. To do this we must keep records about you and the care we provide for you. The information we collect about you includes your preferred title, full name, date of birth (DOB), gender, address, postcode, contact information e....
read moreConsent
Last updated on Thursday, July 11, 2024
To enhance our consent process and ensure compliance with national standards for obtaining patient consent, as well as to support patient decision-making regarding their treatment, several departments at Wirral University Teaching Hospital are implementing a new digital consent application develo...
read moreResearchers may access your medical records
Last updated on Friday, March 21, 2025
How we use your information We are also a research-active trust and data may be processed for approved scientific research purposes. There is the possibility that your records may be looked at by a research nurse or research administrator, who is not involved in your direct care, so we can see i...
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